Wiscasset selectmen lent their unanimous support Tuesday night to a disorderly house ordinance proposed by Police Chief Jeffrey Lange.
The ordinance is modeled after similar measures adopted…
News
For those who haven’t visited Cuba in the past 57 years, Ernest Hemingway, the U.S.S. Maine and the heroes of the 1959 Revolution are still well-represented as central parts of the island…
Obituary
Helen A. (Butler) Barlow, 89, of Boothbay Harbor, died Dec. 31, 2016 in Safe Havens at St. Andrews Village. She was the wife of the late Earle…
Judith M. Dunsford, 69, died on Dec. 14, 2016 in her home. A memorial service will be held on Jan. 14, 2017 at 3 p.m. in the Congregational Church…
Obituary
Jean Smalls, long time resident of Boothbay Harbor, died peacefully in her sleep Dec. 30, 2016 at the LincolnHealth - Miles Campus after a short illness.
Jean was born in Kharagpur, India…
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Peggy Miner died Jan. 1, 2017, surrounded by friends, family and attendants at St Andrews Village.
She was born to Paul and Verna Luke on Sept. 27, 1940 and attended the East Boothbay school…
Wiscasset Police Department
At the Jan. 3 meeting of the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen, Wiscasset Police Chief Jeff Lange will propose a “disorderly house” ordinance that would give police and the town broader powers to…
As 2017 kicks off, Maine Department of Transportation and its contractors are reporting good progress on the construction of the new Bath Viaduct. Fifteen of 19 pier columns have been completed,…
It’s a new year — time to get started on the events calendar for the Boothbay Register’s award-winning publication “Summertime!”
All groups and organizations with events to be listed should…
The Wiscasset Community Center gym floor will get resurfaced, likely next April, but so far it appears replacement will not be necessary, Wiscasset Parks and Recreation facility and programs…
Obituary
David Blanchard, 62, of Boothbay Harbor, died December 25, 2016 in the Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough.
David was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on May 20, 1954 and was the son of the…
Obituary
Mary E. (Marson) Abbott, 93, of Wiscasset, died Dec. 28, 2016 in the Miles Hospital. She was the wife of the late Willard A. Abbott.
Mary was born in Mystic, Connecticut on Feb. 15, 1923 and…
Obituary
Charles E. “Skip” Baldwin III, born on Nov. 7, 1932, died Dec. 26, 2016.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he graduated from Kimball Union Academy in 1950 where he was a member of the…
The Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper have discontinued a few email addresses and if correspondents use them, the email will be bounced back.
Please update your address book for the…
The wind, snow and rainstorm brought down limbs, trees and lines, getting public safety and power crews out overnight and forcing a few road closures.
Wiscasset Fire Chief T.J. Merry stated…
Obituary
Virginia Carlisle MacLeod, 100, of Carrollton, Georgia and Boothbay, Maine, formerly of Stuart, Florida and Princeton, New Jersey, died peacefully Dec. 19, 2016…
Maine State Senator Dana Dow (R-Lincoln) has been named chair of the Maine Legislature’s Taxation Committee by Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau (R-Waldo).…
Obituary
Paul A. Viveiros, 77, of East Boothbay, died Dec. 24, 2016 at the Zimmerli Pavilion at St. Andrews Village in Boothbay Harbor with his loving family…
This week’s At a Glance, featuring photos and cutlines published in the print versions of the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper, includes a “New Year’s” license plate, basketball team photos,…
According to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ website, Gardens Aglow will be cancelled on Thursday, Dec. 29 due to forecasted dangerous weather conditions across the state. All tickets…
New Year's Eve. It has a nice ring to it. Say it out loud: “New Year's Eve.”
What words come to mind? Nostalgia. Love. Friends.…
Rep. Mick Devin, D-Newcastle, has been appointed to serve on the Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee for a third time.
The committee oversees policy…
Lincoln County Commissioners
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap will be in Lincoln County on Jan. 3 to swear in two of the county’s commissioners who were re-elected in November.
Mary Trescot and Hamilton Meserve ran…
Town of Damariscotta
In the 1970s, the Central Lincoln County Recreation Association wanted to build a playground and a ballpark near its community center on Route 1A in Damariscotta. Unfortunately, the organization…
The contributions of hundreds of donors, the enthusiasm of All Saints parishioners from seven churches throughout Maine’s Midcoast, the generosity of school families and alumni at St. John’s…
Graham Shimmield, executive director of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, died Dec. 24 after a hard-fought…
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Valentino A. Balducci, 86, of Boothbay Road, Edgecomb died Dec. 21, 2016 at his residence.
He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on Sept. 25, 1930, the son…
Caroline Canning saves dogs' lives.
She's not a veterinarian. She just has a huge heart and a soft spot for dogs and other creatures.
…
The Lincoln County Registry of Deeds provided the following information on property transfers recorded in November:
Alna: None
Boothbay: Lewis, Peter M. IV and Lewis Peter M. to…
Wiscasset firefighters responded to one fire late Christmas Eve and another very early on Christmas, according to authorities.
The Saturday night one was a possible garage fire but turned…
On Nov. 15 and 16, coastal communities in Lincoln County experienced a “King Tide.” USEPA characterizes a King Tide as “… the highest predicted high…
At a December 15 meeting, the Maine Maritime Museum Board of Trustees approved the acquisition of the historic schooner Mary E, believed to be the oldest…
Second Congregational Church, Newcastle
The Second Congregational Church, UCC in Newcastle is inviting one and all to come and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, preservice music…
“Mason Station LLC paid the taxes on the former Mason Station, $220,834.50,” Wiscasset Town Manager Marian Anderson reports in an email to news media Thursday afternoon. The 4:29 p.m., Dec. 22…
A missing New Gloucester man called his wife from a Gardiner store and was located by Gardiner police, Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman…
At a Glance is a new feature we will post on our website each week of the photographs and cutlines which make it into print but haven't appeared online during the week. The beginning words of…
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has announced the first round of grants that are part of her signature leadership initiative, …
obituary
Byron B. Nichols, formerly of Augusta and Boothbay Harbor, died in Ft. Myers, Florida on Nov. 4, 2016. He was 96.
Byron was born in Gardiner, Maine in 1920,…
Edgecomb Board of Selectmen
Select Board Chairman Jack Sarmanian is mediating a problem between the Edgecomb fire chief and Wiscasset Ambulance Service director. The selectmen appointed Sarmanian to serve as a mediator…
Project “HESPER,” an art exhibit planned for the Wiscasset waterfront, won the approval of selectmen Tuesday. Town Planner Ben Averill determined the project did not need approval from the…
Wiscasset selectmen voted 3-1 to have their attorney forward a letter to school officials expressing their unease about a recent decision to approve an estimated $1.75 million energy conservation…
Westport Island officials signed a consent agreement Monday evening with Anthony Keefe, settling the disposition of code violations at his Old Woods road property after more than a year of …
Lincoln County Commissioners
At their last meeting of the year, Lincoln County Commissioners approved an additional $86,560 for the Sheriff’s Office to increase spending for the Addiction Resource Center’s Sheriff’s Office-…
Twelve people including two from Wiscasset were arrested on drug-related charges in Augusta Tuesday following a several-month investigation into the sale of crack cocaine and heroin in Augusta and…
obituary
Marilyn Ava Landry, 88, cherished wife, mother and grandmother, died peacefully at Miles Hospital on Dec. 17, 2016 as her loving daughter Lisa sang…
obituary
Thomas Milburn Gopsill VII, 63, of Farmington, beloved husband, father and brother, died in the comfort of his home with his loving wife by his side on Dec. 17, 2016.
Tom spent the last two…
Alna First Selectman David Abbott said a proposal the board heard Dec. 15 was the same one Head Tide Dam Committee members said would be presented, one that replaces an abutment and removes a seam…
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Audrey B. Post, 86, of Camden, age 86, died peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 9, 2016, after a long struggle with illness.
She was born May 9, 1930 and grew up in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania,…
The first meeting of the Advisory Committee for Wiscasset’s Downtown Project included adopting a vision statement, but Monday evening’s discussion wasn’t without moments of disparity.
After…
Rev. Erika Hewitt of the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will lead a candlelit Christmas Eve service for all ages on Saturday, Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. in the Atrium at Skidompha Library. The…
